YESTERDAY I put down my gardening tools and picked up my talking drum. Catching the bus with close neighbours and fellow community to the steps of Parliament House.
Standing there with these good people, I was overwhelmed by the need to acknowledge the traditional elders and their traditional ancestors. “If I could speak for the spirit of the land and country what message could I relay from my heart to the hearts of all people?”

With the images of people crying out to be rescued from rooftops everywhere as the waters rise up to claim their homes, their lives hanging on by a thread, there is an overwhelming feeling of loss being shared by so many at this time. We have shared in this loss during fires that have also taken lives, homes, animals and our cherished wildlife.
Again and again, natural disasters are occurring, the loss is so overwhelming and being shared by so many. All these natural disasters are telling us that we must come into balance with nature, we must make sustainable and green decisions for our future. We must all participate to stop global warming or else there will be no future for any of us.
All these natural disasters are happening while AusNet, a million dollar corporation is threatening to carve a path through the region that boasts Victoria’s treasured national parks – Brisbane Ranges National Park, Creswick Regional Park and the Lerderderg State Park. These 80m high voltage electrical towers will impact on our environment, destroying native habitat. Some of our vital agricultural land – Australia’s food bowl – will be lost forever.

The amenity liability and well-being of tens of thousands of people will be destroyed. Bushfires will skyrocket. Overhead power lines were responsible for the worst of the Black Saturday bushfires.
These towers are unsafe, inefficient and will destroy our precious landscape.
We, the people, want sustainable green energy that does not play Russian roulette with our lives anymore.
Our future lies in the hands of us all. To speak up and demand green sustainable choices, not to be dictated to, that is communism at its worst. So please join us to fight. Visit www.stopausnetstowers.com.au or send a written letter to Lucy Alesia Horodny, our Greens politician and environmentalist.
As I look out my window now, one of my lovely trees has been broken on this extremely windy day reminding me how real and true this all is.
Lastly I would like to thank the Stop Ausnet community, that is rapidly growing, for showing me through their hard work how to bring this message to us all.
The flowers, food, trees, art, written placards and the cheering displays of horses and tractors on the day showed me that at this time our hearts and minds are opening and we have come together to make real change. A powerful realisation to be had on International Women’s Day.

• Phoenix Humphrey, Allendale

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Here’s a world-class whinge: many Central Highlands residents know what it’s like to evacuate their houses because of an oncoming bushfire, but, you know, it sure is a hassle having to unpack all your stuff when the authorities sound the all-clear and you’re allowed to return home.
On a recent Friday morning we looked out our living-room window and saw a plume of smoke billowing into the azure north-west sky, where no smoke had any business being. It’s supposed to be our rainy season here, except we haven’t had enough rain this year to moisten the flap on an envelope, so everything is crispy dry, and our area is densely covered in pines, oaks and hard, woody brush.
It’s one thing to receive a warning on an app or public service announcement but quite another when in five minutes you can walk up your road and see a bushfire just starting to flex its muscles no more than a few kilometres from your house. So there I was, just another 21st-century idiot with my phone out, trying to find the best position from which to photograph this nascent disaster in the making, when the first bulldozer crew arrived, followed not long after by air support. Hmm, I thought, standing here might not be the best idea I’ve had today.

In Wheatsheaf Carol and I were firm adherents of CFA bushfire advice. We recognised the many hard questions posed by the fight or flee discussion. Three times in our years in the Wombat Forest, when fire threatened, we grabbed our bags and left our home. The worst, as it would have been for so many people in our region, was the February 2009 fire.
We’d done our homework, had prepared a good defensible space around the house, and had the necessary tools – including a dam full of water and plenty of fuel for the pump – at the ready. But fight or flee? Tough choice. We loaded our cars and decided that Carol would take the pets into Kyneton and secure a room in the motel in Piper Street, while I stayed behind and watched for ember attack. As night came, I decided I’d done all I could and so joined the gang in Kyneton.

The next day we were relieved to return to Wheatsheaf and find our house untouched by fire. That homecoming is my favourite memory of that day. Next best is from the morning when I emerged from my room in Kyneton. The motel was chockers, of course, and despite the urgency of the situation, the innkeepers had stuck to their policy of no pets in the rooms, which meant Gizmo, Scout and Jackson spent the night in Carol’s car. When daybreak came I was up and preparing to head for home. As I stepped on to the motel verandah, a Telstra contractor was outside having a smoke. Looking across the crowded carpark, in which it appeared that almost every car had at least one furry friend waiting in varying degrees of patience, he asked: “Is there a dog show in town?”
Back in California, our Wheatsheaf experiences served us well as we calmly packed up our vehicles. The smoke became thicker, darker, and firefighters and heavy equipment rumbled up our road to the fire ground. Spotter planes and helicopters buzzed overhead. A line of sheriffs in their cars raced up the road; one pulled into our driveway and an officer came to the front door, advising us that it was time to leave.
We took a last look around, hopped into our cars, and left. Our dog Scout is 18 now and these evacuations don’t impress her. Along with her Aussie adventures, in 2018 we fled the Carr Fire and were away from home for more than a week. She didn’t bother to wake up for this one. We headed to my parents’ house, nearby but well out of the danger zone. We spent the day monitoring fire news, later on I went out for Chinese takeaway, and around 7.30 that night we received word that the blaze had been knocked down – not contained but definitely controlled – and residents were being allowed to return home.
All up, the fire burned about 36 hectares, and no homes were lost. Despite the long dry spell and a forecast of strong winds, CalFire, the state agency that puts out bushfires in California, and which most certainly had prevented a disaster here, had set a “controlled burn” which, oops, wasn’t quite so controlled. Investigations are forthcoming.
Slightly odd postscript: the nearest landmark to the blaze was Flanagan Road, named for a pioneering family from the area, so it was given the name Flanagan Fire. Margaret Flanagan was my grandfather’s second wife. My grandfather built the house in which we live, and Margaret lived here with him for many years.

After many happy years living in Victoria and working at The Age, former Wheatsheaf resident Jeff Glorfeld went back to California, the land of his birth, where in the past four years he has survived bushfires, snowstorms and drought. And Trump. And Covid. The cicadas and locusts didn’t arrive. Well, not yet.

Organisers of sporting events are set to benefit from the federal government’s Regional Sport Events Fund with applications for grants of up to $50,000 now invited. 

Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson said the grant availability would help kick-start local events after the impact of the pandemic.

“Sport is often the glue that brings people together and this program aims to fast-track the recovery from what’s been a very challenging period for region,” Senator Henderson said.

“Local sporting clubs and associations play an incredibly important role in our region and through this fund, the Australian Government is encouraging our community to come together and celebrate through sport.

“Staging these events will also benefit small businesses that are central our local economy.”

More than 400 eligible LGAs across Australia can apply for funding of up to $50,000.

Local government areas are encouraged to work with local sporting clubs and organisations to deliver fantastic sports events to their respective communities.

Events can range from “come and try days” to larger events including elite sporting exhibitions and state level competitions that engage the broader community. Minister for Sport, Richard Colbeck, said the resumption of these events will have wide-ranging benefits for regional and remote communities.

“Community sport has been hit hard right across Australia as a result of the pandemic – but we all understand the power of local competition and the opportunities it presents to bring communities together,” Minister Colbeck said. 

“This fund will support many of the events that were cancelled or postponed to resume and encourages local government to be creative in how they re-engage with their local area.”

Applications for the Regional Sport Events Fund are now open. More details about the program, including the Fund Guidelines and closing dates can be found on Sport Australia’s Grants and Funding page, here

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide, foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz, hypodermics on the shore, China’s under martial law, rock and roller, cola wars, I can’t take it anymore.
These are the lyrics from Billy Joel’s 1989 song We didn’t start the fire, and the sentiment seems to be paralleled these days with so much frightening news oozing out of mainstream media into the relative safety of our loungerooms.
The news directors must have a smile ear to ear as they currently don’t have to manufacture news from citizen journalists’ iPhones. They simply have to focus on the news and magnify it, shoving it down our throats until we choke with fear.
I watched over the last few weeks as the focus changed in quick pace from Ukraine to the Queensland floods then northern New South Wales, and over to Thailand for a half hour special at the front of the news on Shane Warne’s life and passing.
As I write this the focus is on the surf in Sydney and not the saltwater stuff. And the mosquito Japanese encephalitis virus has just raised its head. And next week who knows, maybe Chernobyl because the operators of the stricken nuclear power plant have been abducted and who is keeping the plant cool and stopping it from exploding?
My giddy aunt. What happened to the pandemic? I almost miss those spiky red blobs bouncing around the TV screen. I recall the anchor man throwing to his eight field correspondents giving us the bad oil on how buggered we all were, but at least we were all safe and locked down.
Can’t we call time-out on bad news and just read hyper-local good news yarns such as the ones in this magazine? The hyper-focused news that is coming in from our main-stream media is bad and we need to help people in the flood zones as well as overseas, I grant you.
But my problem is the way it gets delivered to the viewers for maximum impact. I saw a small hardworking family getting interviewed on TV about their driveway, which had been washed away. The crew trotted the family of six out in front of the camera and every drone angle and family member was asked questions by the different stations on how they felt.
I guess the story was easy to get to – it was just a hole in the driveway (bloody huge I grant you) but meanwhile those poor buggers in Lismore have had to swim off their roofs and are now facing huge mental trauma, insurance company stoushes and clean-up and they rate two minutes of airtime down the back of the news program.
The same goes for the poor bushfire survivors of January 2020. No-one much has given them a thought as we have had two years of pandemic news whipped up every day and served to us at the diner table with a side serving of directionless government management.
News cycle rant over.

The Tractors Rolled On

The tractors rolled on
into old Melbourne town.
An air of discontent
with a real country frown.

They gathered out west
in the cool early morn.
They’ll speak their piece
and show their scorn.

Valuable farmland
is the point in debate.
Proposed new powerlines
has got this mob irate.

Livelihood and lifestyle,
has come under threat.
This weakest of plans
if built we’ll regret.

The government and AusNet
trying to bully their way through.
These farmers will fight
until they get a review.

There is an alternative
would have minimal affect.
Which a true cost analysis
would also reflect.

The initial build cost
not the only justification.
There’s a flow-on effect
that bears consideration.

Long term maintenance
potential fires as well.
If put into the picture
the numbers will swell.

Not looking to the long term
for fear he’ll look dour.
Dan will do anything
to keep hold of his power.

So rally around
get the numbers to swell.
Let this government know
there’s a story to tell.

Don’t let this day
to just have come and gone.
Make it really count
for when the tractors rolled on.

• Gary Wilkinson

Gary is enjoying retirement, being a “Pop”, keeps busy with their small Angus stud, spending time pondering the wonders of nature, reading and writing more often and wonders how he ever had time for work.

Plant movement in your garden

Even if you look at your plants every day you more than likely feel that there is almost no movement in them – save the rustling of leaves in the wind.
You realise, of course, that there is a slow upward and outward growth in place, but except in a few Jack and the beanstalk plants, especially vines, and because our climate is hardly tropical, without the aid of a stop motion camera to speed things up, it is all too slow to even be considered as movement at all.
Some plants have a regular cycle for opening and closing their blooms, unlike most flowers which stay open from the time they leave the bud stage until they fade and begin their seed ripening process.
The beautiful, highly-scented flowers of the night-blooming cereus peruvianus, also known as Peruvian apple cactus, last for only one night and never re-open.
Another one day wonder is the vesper iris (iris dichotoma) which opens mid- afternoon and lasts only for that day, never to re-open its pretty little lavender flowers until next season. All of which ensures they are never likely to run rampant and rule the earth.
The four o’clocks are the mirabilis jalapa, which take their name from the fact that they open around four o’clock in the afternoon until sometime in the morning, when they close again to re-open again the next day. Many other flowering plants actually open by day and close by night.
It’s really among the insect-trapping plants that we actually see definite and fairly fast movement. The best known example of this is the Venus fly trap (dionacea muscipula), a perennial herb found only in the Carolina swamps. At the base of each 30cm long flower stem is a rosette of hairy leaves consisting of two parts with a hinge between them. The leaf closes within a second to enfold and trap any insect that lands on them, until it dies and its body juices are absorbed.

There are many other physically trapping carnivorous plants growing world wide and others that rely on sticky solutions, or as in the case of the pitcher plant-nepenthes (pictured) and sarracenia, entrap their prey in pitfall traps featuring a deep, inescapable cavity filled with an attractive digestive liquid nectar. These plants attract and drown their prey with that nectar.
Twining vines present an amazing, albeit rather slow movement in as much as certain genera twine from right to left, whilst other such as the polygonum species and the pseudo-fern asparagus plumosus, proceed from left to right. Among the many right to lefters are the morning glory and scarlet runner beans. This spiral twisting of the plant stem is called nutation. No matter what you may do to attempt to reverse this natural direction of twining, the plant will continue to twist its support only in its predetermined direction.
Helianthus, the sunflower, when in bud and with its supple stems, will turn to follow the sun across the heavens
The king of all plants for rapid movement is mimosa pudica – the sensitive plant – which to the amazement of children, responds to the lightest tap on their leaves by folding together. A heavier tap causes the stem to droop down. They resume their normal positions after a few minutes.
The leaves, along with other sensitive plants, including peas, beans and several other groups, react to less intense light before closing their leaves in early evening to reopen in the bright morning sunlight. This is called sleep movement, but really has nothing to do with actual sleeping.

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Victorian women who had their children taken from them under heartbreaking historic forced adoption practices will receive redress, counselling and formal apologies from the Victorian Government.
The state government is investing more than $4 million in response to last year’s Parliamentary Inquiry into Historical Forced Adoption in Victoria, including a plan to design and establish Australia’s first redress scheme for people affected by forced adoption.
The funding will immediately provide crisis counselling, as well as the option of integrated birth certificates which include the names of both the adopted person’s natural parents and their adoptive parents.
A $500,000 hardship fund will be established to provide discretionary payments to mothers affected by forced adoption with exceptional circumstances, including those who are terminally ill. A further $200,000 in funding will assist community groups to support applicants.
In 1984, Victoria was the first Australian jurisdiction to legislate for openness and properly informed consent in adoption – and continues to lead the way in making amends for these unacceptable historical policies and practices.
In 2012, the Victorian Government issued a formal apology to those harmed by past adoption practices and pledged to provide practical assistance to them.

Sporting clubs and physical activity-based community groups across the Macedon Ranges are being given the opportunity to be active allies for diversity and inclusion, and create clubs that are welcoming and safe for everyone.
Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health’s Country LGBTI Inclusion Program (CLIP) is teaming up with sport inclusion campaigners Proud2Play to help clubs encourage LGBTIQA+ people to get more active.
The training will provide organisations with the knowledge and skills to host ‘come and try’ sessions aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community with the goal of removing barriers and creating a more welcoming inclusive environment that meets the needs of everyone.
A come and try session will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2.30pm to 4pm at 1 Caroline Chisholm Drive, Kyneton. Bookings: belinda.brain@scchc.org.au

Blackberry Jam

The blackberries have been prolific this year, but quite small, which means it takes longer to pick enough for jam. It’s a pretty awful job…put on some music or a podcast and try not to get too scratched by the thorns. With berry jams I usually use a sugar thermometer to test for the setting point, works every time.

For every kilogram of blackberries use the juice of one lemon and 1kg of sugar. I know it’s a lot of sugar, it’s jam: don’t overthink it.
Wash the berries and drain through a colander or sieve. Pick out any stalks. Put the berries and lemon juice into a large pan and cook gently until the berries are soft but there are some that still hold their shape. Give them a squash with a potato masher but don’t make it too runny.
Add sugar and give it a good stir to dissolve it, at least five minutes or it might crystallise. Increase the heat and boil until it reaches 100C, skimming as you go. This can take anything from 10–30 minutes, depending on the pectin in the fruit. Start testing after 10 or 15 minutes.
To test if you haven’t got a thermometer: Put a saucer in the freezer. When you think the jam is ready, put a spoonful on the plate and return to the freezer for a few minutes to cool. Run your finger through the jam and if it wrinkles it’s done.
Remove jam from the heat, skim again and let it cool slightly. Stir well and pour into sterilised jars and seal. Keep in a cool dark place and admire your culinary brilliance before eating it on a piece of toast.

The Palais-Hepburn, Hepburn

The Smith Street Band – Friday, March 18
Miss Friby Presents Absolute Riot – Saturday, March 19, 6.30pm
A Night in Colombia with Amaru Tribe & special guest – Saturday, March 26,
6.30pm
SupperClub Friday presents Jeff Duff’s Spinning Wheel – Friday, April 1, 6pm
Beautiful Dark – The Music of Twin Peaks – Saturday, April 2, 6.30pm
Renee Geyer – Friday, April 8, 6.30pm
Mike Elrington – Saturday, April 9, 6.30pm
Ousmane Sonko & Kairo Family Band – Friday, April 15, 6.30 pm

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GENERATORS have been lifesavers in the Central Highlands over the past few years as the electricity grid reliability has deteriorated, culminating in the period after the 2021 storms where many people were without power for days.

But petrol and diesel generators require work including refuelling. Most have to be started manually, often in the dark, cold and wet. It was those issues that led t2zero founders Jürgen and Debra Rhyon to install a gas fired, home standby generator that starts automatically in the event of a grid outage. They are now offering this solution to others.
Jürgen said t2zero was created in response to a community move to achieve zero net energy and zero net emissions in Hepburn Shire. “Our company started in mid 2019 by supplying and installing Reclaim Energy hot water heat pumps. In early 2020 we partnered with Panda Solar and added the supply and installation of solar panels. After the massive storm last year, we realised how vulnerable we are to grid outages and began researching home standby generators.”
“Like many others, we had no power for days. Fortunately, we had an open fire for heat and a gas barbeque for basic cooking. We also realised that battery storage would not have coped with our energy needs in the middle of winter as our solar panels did not generate sufficient excess electricity to charge a battery.”
Debra’s research into generators concluded that US-made Generac gas-fired generators were the perfect product but struggled to find a vendor that offered a fully installed solution. They contacted Generac and committed to take this on as a business under the t2zero banner.
“Just hours after installing our generator we had our first outage. We were lying in bed, watching TV, and everything went dark. Just 10 seconds later, the lights were back on and the TV rebooted. We lay there feeling more than a little smug that our investment decision was immediately vindicated. In the two weeks since we installed our generator, we have had seven grid outages. The generator starts and shuts down automatically reverting back to sentinel mode when the grid comes back online. It’s a thing of beauty.”
It takes a full day for an electrician to install a home standby generator plus some preparatory electrical work on the generator’s fuel line before the onsite installation. Compliance certificates are issued for the electrical and plumbing work. An independent inspector is required to sign off on the certificate of electrical safety.
The starting price for an 8 kVA generator, fully installed is $10,950. Installation lead time is typically within three weeks from the time a customer agrees to proceed with an installation.
Jürgen said most households would be able to run off that size but t2zero will analyse the household electricity consumption history to ensure the correct size generator is installed.
Larger generators come in 10 kVA and 13 kVA for single phase power and 20 kVA for three-phase power.
“It’s one of the best investments we have made. We finally had enough of grid outages to the point where we decided to install our own standby generator and can now offer this solution to others.”
t2zero is looking to expand their network of electricians and local plumbers who are interested in coming on this journey.
Contact Jürgen on 0436 220 220 or contact@t2zero.com.au

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When you’re smiling

Although I agree somewhat with your article Just Sayin’… in Issue 248, I am also somewhat opposed. I believe that Grace (Tame) certainly has a right on whether to smile or not and if it is just for tokenism of being a woman (smile and look pretty and don’t say anything, just be a good little girl) would be an affront.
However, she was there representing the award she was honoured with, and I believe it showed bad manners, in the way in which she reacted. Scott Morrison was not the person who abused her and is in fact the person that was “putting her up there” for standing up and being counted.
She should be very proud of herself for speaking out but she should also be ashamed of herself for her bad manners and basically implying that all males were tarred with the same brush and just thought of women as objects to be used. I am very offended by the number of people that are basically labelling us all as misogynists.
Furthermore, I try to encourage my grandchildren and all people to smile (not just women), as a smile brightens your day. You can be down in the dumps, and it is easy to stay there if the people around you look and/or are miserable, but it is hard not to let a smile brighten up your mood.
I do look forward to your writings and generally get a bit of a laugh and often find them very thought provoking. I certainly applaud the good work you do and that you aren’t afraid to speak up for people.
In closing I would also like to note that your front page of this edition along with most of the photos throughout this and other editions are full of people smiling. I am sure this is deliberate and that you wouldn’t want all the faces looking sad or grumpy, it wouldn’t give that encouraging sign for people to want to delve further into the publication.
Keep doing what you are doing, I enjoy the publication and look forward to each new edition. I am happy for you to put forward my views, unlike the person who wrote to Kyle.

• Gary Wilkinson, Blampied

Environmental sustainability

During February and March I have been taking part as a member of the community reference group contributing to Hepburn Shire’s new environmental sustainability strategy.
It is apparent from these conversations that a huge expectation is being placed on technology to come to our rescue. For example, I continue to have conversations with folk who reject electric vehicles because they can’t yet exactly replicate the convenience of a petrol car.
At the same time, there appears to be an expectation that the shift to a more sustainable world won’t cost us any more than our present way of life does. It’s a massive ask and as far as I can see unlikely to be possible, but I can’t help but celebrate the optimism it expresses.

• Pat Hockey, Clunes

Pop-up art

What a fabulous initiative the Daylesford Arts Collective pop-up is.
Sitting next to the Daylesford Regional Visitor & Information Centre it is a joy to visit and beautifully showcases some of the amazing talent we are so lucky to have in our community.
What a positive for our wonderful community, fingers crossed we see more of these fabulous pop-ups appear.
Congratulations to the organisers and artists involved and a big shout out to the council for supporting this fabulous community initiative.

• Marianne Lavelle, Daylesford

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Hepburn Energy’s Impact Fund has provided $10,287 to help six Hepburn Shire schools save energy and emissions with demand management and education.
The six schools, Daylesford Dharma School, Daylesford Secondary, St Michael’s, Daylesford, Hepburn, Trentham and Bullarto primary schools, received free packages from Solar Schools that offer educational resources on renewables and emissions, and smart energy devices to help schools monitor and control their energy use.
These devices come from the Australian technological platform Watt Watchers, that’s looking to help businesses and households be more energy-efficient and maximise their renewable energy use.
As the Hepburn Shire seeks to transition to zero-net emissions by 2030, Hepburn Energy’s general manager Taryn Lane said there was a big opportunity to reduce energy costs and emissions through these smart energy technologies.

“These tools offer insight into when and how schools use energy, helping staff and students reduce their use when energy is most costly, helping to lower energy bills.”
Hepburn Energy is not only supporting schools to reduce their energy use but finding new ways to engage local students in the changing energy and climate future.
Hepburn Wind partnered with CERES School of Nature and Climate to create a free, bespoke curriculum looking at climate change, renewables, town planning and systems change.

This year, 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the Victoria’s world-class public education system.
Victoria was the first state in Australia – and one of the first in the world – to make education free, secular and compulsory to all children aged 6-15. Around 600 schools opened across the state in the five years following the passing of the Education Act.

The milestone will be marked with a range of activities across the year designed to commemorate the past, celebrate the present and imagine the future of education.
A dedicated Victorian Government website will feature the 483 original government schools from 1872 alongside every other government school established since, displaying a selection of digitally preserved historical records from the past 150 years including school history summaries, enrolment registers and photos.
Anyone with photos, documents or other vintage school treasures is encouraged to email them to 150years@education.vic.gov.au to help build this digital time capsule. Link: www.vic.gov.au/150years.

The Daylesford Community Brass Band and U3A Hepburn Shire will present an evening of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh music based on the BBC’s popular annual Proms celebrations, on Saturday, April 30 in Daylesford Town Hall.
Entertainment will include traditional songs, pipers and dancers.
There will be raffle prizes galore plus prizes for the best decorated table, best cake or dessert and for best male and female costume.
Revellers are asked to celebrate the country of their choice with a themed table setting, food and costumes.
It is a self catering dinner. BYO food, drinks, cutlery and crockery. Make up a table of 10 or join a table and make new friends.
Cost is $20 per person. The evening starts at 6.30pm for a 7pm start and ends at 10.30pm.
Bookings are essential. Contact Monica Cole on 0425 851 679 or email onicaske@hotmail.com
The proceeds will go towards purchasing new instruments for the band.